Meet our wonderful regular instructors!
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Leanne Mercer
Qualifications:
- British Horse Society (BHS) Instructor
Leanne was born in the UK living in the North west of England.
She grew up riding ponies going to the local show jumping competitions and doing a lot of showing. As she got older she started doing working Hunter classes and then found her main passion - eventing. Leanne was lucky enough to have some super horses and competed up to 2 star.
Leanne qualified as a BHSAI in 2004 and a few years later moved over to WA, where she continued to teach and compete. -
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Qualifications:
- EA NCAS Level 2 Dressage Coach- NCAS Level 1 General Coach
- FEI 4* International PE Dressage Judge
- National A Grand Prix Dressage Judge
Wendy has judged in 8 countries at many international events and has worked with leading international trainers.
She has trained and competed EA & FEI Dressage horses along with Official Eventers, Show Horses and Showjumpers to success. -
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Qualifications:
- EA NCAS Level 1 General Coach
Davids background with horses has been in Eventing and as trainer for the WA Police Force Mounted Section.David places a big emphasis on horses developing the most balanced paces and a heightened feel and understanding of contact and lightness. He has built a solid reputation for treating people as individuals and he believes it's important to listen and observe then develop strategies for that horse/rider.
David doesn’t put my expectations you should do, but listens and tries to find out what it is the rider would like to achieve from their riding.
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Gina Crawford
Gina has over 10 years international experience with equine massage, bodywork, physiotherapy and biomechanics practice.
She creates pole exercises that help our equine partners build muscle correctly.
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Georgie Siciliano
World Cup Showjumper Georgie Siciliano based in Perth WA. She Breeds and trains her own competition horses “Sovereign Performance Horses” for top level jumping. Georgie competes all over the country.
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Shaun Dillion
Qualifications:
- EA NCAS Level 1 General Coach
- EA NCAS Level 2 Eventing Specialist Coach
Shaun has trained and competed horses up to a 4* level in Eventing.
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Jenny Brockman
Qualifications:
- National Coach – EFA NCAS Level 2 (General)
- Australian Horse Riding Centres (AHRC) Level 1 Coach
- National Show Horse Judge
- National Coach Educator – Show Horse
- Pony Club B Certificate
Jenny is a qualified educator with a Diploma of Teaching from the WA Education Department. She has over 30 years experience in training children and adults from learning to ride through to competitive riding at national level. She has taught and prepared horses in Great Britain and Malaysia and continues to improve her standard of instruction by attending clinics and competitions in Europe, USA and Great Britain.
Jenny started competing at 7 years of age and still competes today. She has trained numerous ponies and horses to national level in both Show Horse and Dressage disciplines. -
Jill Wood-Ainsley
Qualifications:
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Wendy Cumming
Qualifications:
- EA NCAS Level 1 General Coach
- EA NCAS Level 2 Dressage Coach
Wendy is passionate about coaching riders in dressage and jumping. She has ridden to FEI level in Eventing, Show Jumping and Dressage and has trained several OTT and green broken horses.
Wendy trains for fitness and longevity of horses which can be seen with her current ride (pictured). She has ridden him since he was 3 years old and he has now been campaigning at FEI level for 5 years.
Wendy has also coached the WA State Interschool Equestrian Team to compete at the Nationals in Sydney and in Melbourne.
She has also been awarded State Eventing Coach of the Year 2016 by PCAWA, named Overall Eventing Coach of the Year 2017 by PC Australia and was Coach of the Year at the RAC Sports Star Awards.
